With Related Texts it is important to keep in mind the syllabus requirements: 'This module requires students to explore and evaluate a selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific, religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and are reflected in literature and other texts' re read NSW English Syllabus page 89
Thus, to fully explore how scientific, religious, philosophical or economic ways of thinking have shaped the period you need to have a range of texts which reflect these concerns.
You need a minimum of three related texts and my recommendation would be to have at least one non - fiction text ( for Lydia, a novel :-)) up your sleeve.
A Related text collection might include
1 non - fiction text ( think A vindication of the rights of Women, William Blake, Rousseau - )
1 Female author ( poetry might be easiest and would be a strong contrast to the male voices we are hearing from in your set texts)
1 fiction text - preferably novel or story
This mix of texts will allow you to explore - in detail, how ways of thinking were shaped in the period. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. Experimentation with ideas and forms may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during this period.
'This module requires students to explore and evaluate a selection of texts relating to a particular historical period. It develops their understanding of the ways in which scientific, religious, philosophical or economic paradigms have shaped and are reflected in literature and other texts' re read NSW English Syllabus page 89
Thus, to fully explore how scientific, religious, philosophical or economic ways of thinking have shaped the period you need to have a range of texts which reflect these concerns.
You need a minimum of three related texts and my recommendation would be to have at least one non - fiction text ( for Lydia, a novel :-)) up your sleeve.
A Related text collection might include
- 1 non - fiction text ( think A vindication of the rights of Women, William Blake, Rousseau - )
- 1 Female author ( poetry might be easiest and would be a strong contrast to the male voices we are hearing from in your set texts)
- 1 fiction text - preferably novel or story
This mix of texts will allow you to explore - in detail, how ways of thinking were shaped in the period. Texts related to this period examine or affirm the power of the imagination to inform, illuminate and transform human experience. Experimentation with ideas and forms may reflect or challenge ways of thinking during this period.transcript of a lecture on Rousseau's Emile
Rousseau Bio and links
Mary Wollestonecraft Bio and links to key texts
William Blake America A prophecy
The William Blake Archive
Intro to William Hazlitt
'The Spirit of the Age' Hazlitt's seminal book on Romantic writers
Keats' Letters
More excerpts from Keats' letters